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PHILANDE'R I. SIMMONS, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 77,113, elated April 21, 1868.

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TO .ALL` WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:.

Be it known that I, PHILANDER I?. SIMMONS, ofthe city of Davenport, in-the county of Scott, and State ofv Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottom; and- I do hereby declare that the following is a full7 clear, and exact description thereof, reference'being had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur. I

-To enable others skilledin the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it. Ioconstruct my improvedbed-bottom in the following manner, to wit: A web of wooden slats is woven 'with small wire, which constitutes lthesurface for spreading thc bedding upon. A frame is then made, ofthe desired A size, to just drop or slide down inside of the bedstead proper, so as to rest upon the'rails of bedstead in the place of common slats, which frame 'has the web, strained and straight, secured to it at each end by the wire of web being fastened on the upper edge of the'frame by nails, and a strip ot' `thinwood nailed on top of the same. On the under side of -said frame are two cross-bars, at a certain vdistance from either end of frame, upon which are fastened spiral coiled springs, of four, six, or more on each bar, andeach spring is fastened at the top to strips of wood running at right angles to said cross-bar. l

Upon these latter 4strips of wood rests the web I proper, which is fastened at each end of vthe top ot' frame, and any weight or body coming upon theuppcr vsurface of' said web, causes it, to ascertain extent, to conform to the shape of said body, thus making an agreeable, springy, and comfortable bed to lie upon. It is also very durable, and throws far less weightupon the springs, to keep it in proper position than in the common method.

In referringto the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of my invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section,'and

Y Figure 3 is a cross-section ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference referto corresponding parts in the diierent Jfigures.

a a are the side pieces or rails of the frame; b b are the ends of the frame; 'e e are the cross-bars at the bottom ofthe frame' for springs to rest upon; d d d are the slats composing the web, and e e e varethe strips of wood running along under, against, and at right angles tothe slats of the web, and spring-bars at the bottom of frame, and which are fastened on top of springs, and act as a support to webs. fff are the spiral springs, resti-ng upon cross-bars c c, and fastened to and support bars or strips of wood e e. ggg are the wires that are woven into, and constitute, with slats d Z cl, the web and bed-bottom proper.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A spring-bed bottom, consisting of a web made of slats d woven together with wire, in combination with the wooden strips c and the spiral springs-f, ortheir equivalents, when constructed and arranged substantially as described.

PHILANDER P. SIMMONS. Witnesses:

'W. L. CARROLL,

J. M. DANruIls. 

